Why haven't you done this yet too?
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    We have this at my work. Liquid, powder, and freezie form. It's good shit and has what plants crave!

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  • How much firmware is initializing???
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    When someone previously told a vrtx vm not to auto boot after power up and none of the remote access is working either... Both undocumented as well, of course. And your tired AF tech is statically configuring the wrong IP range on their laptop to manu because it's been a long shutdown day and are also unfamiliar with the system in general (me). Good times, I figured it out though, but lots of sweating and swearing.

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearCA
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    There's so much room!
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    I live inside that ring. Bought a 5 bedroom house for around $100k 3ish years ago. Been putting some work into it, hoping to sell in a couple years to move even deeper into the ring.

    The biggest problem is employment. I got lucky and landed a great job that pays well. The second problem is cost of food as it highly depends on location. If I drive an hour south or east, I can reduce my food costs by around 30%. Not everyone has that ability because of the bigger problem. Gas price is the 3rd biggest problem, we're on average 20-30C more per liter than outside the ring.

    Then there's the actual places. So many have very poorly run municipal governments that are full of the dumbest motherfuckers around who sink entire budgets into poorly thought out capital projects and raise taxes for decades after. Poor tax enforcement so that there are many properties with years in outstanding tax debt that doesn't get collected, which leads to even larger budget shortfalls and more tax increases. Every now and then I'll see a tax sale listed for $20k+ because the owner died and no remaining family could afford to claim the property because it the outstanding tax debt.

    This is why I want to move into the bush where I have no neighbours, because at least the miniscule tax burden is less of a slap in the face when I look outside and see nothing coming back from it.

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  • Yes, you.
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    I'm trying, that's all that matters :)

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  • Uh, Dude, tomorrow's already the 10th.
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    Stop it, I'm already on the final days of this run of vacation and I'm spending it doing a Reno and a baseball tournament

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  • "Stuff school should have taught me" material is actually stuff your parents should have taught you.
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    Better question, do you want the least educated among us teaching what's not currently in taught in school? Cause that's what you're advocating.

    Now it's obviously not all parents, but the point still stands. The better educated parents are already doing something to teach their kids what's not in the curriculum, but even amongst them it's still a small percentage.

    Including things like basic taxation and financial education, the voting system, stuff like that. Make it mandatory to go through, if not actually have a passing grade.

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  • What's something that's made you feel like a grown-up?
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    Pretty much when I bought my house it's been mostly grown-up feeling since then. Interest rates, insurance rates, and debt-service ratios are always in the back of my mind now.

    Once I pay off my vehicle debt I'll be able to bankroll a better house outside of town with some land. Assuming shit doesn't go pear shaped in the next 3-4 years..

    Also, playing the "should I dump my bonuses into my RRSP or pay down debt" game.. never had medium or longer term goals before.

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  • Readers slam fake photo of Trump
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    Has anyone mentioned the toes?

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  • "Men are not nurturers! Reeeee-!!"
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    Started a new job, but 4 days before my wife got flown to our area's leading hospital due to complications with the pregnancy. So day 4 rolls around and I'm literally ~5000ft underground, no cell signal, get back to surface and check phone ASAP. 4th child,1st daughter, born 3 months premature hours earlier. First chance I got I drove the 8 hours to see them and within minutes of arriving it was skin on skin with this smolly. She was heckin early but healthy. Every opportunity I got, I'd drive down for snugs. It was around her OG expected due date before we could bring her home. Almost 2 years later and we're besties.

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearMI
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    Fight me.
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    You monster!

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  • 🦍 😁 ❔
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    He's like Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon, obviously

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  • So much siding, but it keeps getting worse
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    By time you reach the carpeted walls it's actually slightly jarring for there to be such an unexpected change like that. I'm pretty sure the black room was carpet as well, but it could also just be pixelation, I'm not 100% sure.

    Didn't notice the other odds though, was too horrified by the walls and ceilings .. and then after the carpet, the garage.. my goodness.

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  • The poster boy
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    This is the "disheveled short hair dog, petting it might give you tetanus" look

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  • Every part of the foxglove is poisonous. It'll literally stop your heart.
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    Wait, you're telling me fried green potatoes are not good for you‽

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  • Pretty much the title. We bought a pig, not knowing about boar taint so didn't inquire about the state of the pig (gender, age) beforehand. First cook and it's heavily present. Will trimming off all the fat and boning it help mitigate the taint (and crossing my fingers here so hard it hurts) or remove it altogether? Anyone have experience on this problem?

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    I do offer my humblest of apologies, but I have lost the game. I thought this may be an apt opportunity to make my first post here instead of just lurking.

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